Combined milking pail and stool.



G. L. ROLLINS.

COMBINED MILKING PAIL AND STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1913.

1,095,232. Patented May 5, 1914.

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COMBINED MIIiKING PAIL AND STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application filed July 2, 1913. Serial No. 777,101.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE InR'OLLINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Milking Pails andStools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined milking pails and stool and itconsists in the novel features hereinafter described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

An object of the invention is to provide a pail with a stool adapted tobe supported upon the bottom of the pail and which may be easily andreadily removed from the pail when desired. The pail is of the generalconventional form but the stool is of especial structure and design. Thestool comprises an upper seat portion which is mounted upon convergingside walls. A sleeve is loosely mounted in one of the side walls and isresiliently supported at its inner end. This sleeve is provided at itslower side with an opening. A handle is inserted in the said sleeve andis provided with openings. The handle is hollow and carries at its outerend a bowl and a detachable sieve is adapted to be inserted in the outerportion of the handle. The inner portion of the handle is provided withorifices which are adapted to register with the opening in the sleeve.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is a perspective View of thecombined pail and stool, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of thesame.

The pail 1 is of usual or conventional form and is provided with theusual pivoted bail handle 2. The stool comprises a seat portion 3 whichis mounted at the upper end of side walls 4, the ends of these wallsconverge toward each other while the intermediate portions of the wallsare bowed away from each other. The walls 4 are provided upon theirouter sides with an annularv flange 5 which is adapted to lie over theupper edge of the pail 1 when the stool is in position in the pail. Thelower edges of the walls 4 are adapted to rest directly upon the bottomof the pail 1. Therefore when the stool is in position in the pail and aperson is occupying the seat 3, the weight is transmitted directlythrough the walls 4 to the bottom of the pail 1 and by reason of theinclination of the said walls 4, the parts are braced and there will beno tendency on the part of the said walls to bow inwardly to ward thecenter of the pail. A sleeve 6 passes loosely through one of the sidewalls ,4 above the flange 5 and is provided with an exteriorly locatedcollar 7 adapted to bear agalnst the outer surface of one of the saidwalls 4 whereby the inward movement of the SELlCl sleeve with relationto the said wall is limited. The sleeve is provided at its inner endportion and at its lower side with an opening 8 and the said sleeve isprovided at its inner end with an eye 9. A spring 10 is connected at itslower end with the eye 9 and at itsupper end with the seat portion 3 ofthe stool. A cross rod 11 is located be tween the lower portions of theside walls 4 and a spring 12 is connected at one end with the said crossrod and at its other end with the eye 9. These springs are under tensionand exert strains against each other whereby the sleeve 6 is heldapproximately horizontal within the walls 4 or approximately parallelwith the seat portion 3.

In combination with the stool and sleeve above described, a dipper isemployed and this dipper comprises a hollow handle 13 to the outer endof which is fixed a bowl 14. The handle 13 is provided in the vicinityof its inner end with orifices 15 which are adapted to be brought intoregister with the opening 8. A conical sieve or strainer 16 is connectedwith the inner portion of the bowl 14 by means of a. flexible member 17and is insertible in the outer end of the handle 13. V

In operation the device is used as follows: The stool is placed inposition in the pail and the pail is placed on the ground adjacent thecow so that the handle 13 and the bowl 14 are positioned under the cow.An

operator occupies the seat 3 and performs the milking operation. Themilk is directed into the bowl 14 from which it flows through the handle13 into the bucket. The sieve or strainer 16 will catch and retain anyparticles of foreign substance that might come in contact with the milkwhile the bowl 14 will serve as a hood and catch or retain anymisdirected streams or the quantities of milk which are splashed awayfrom the sieve 16. After one cow has been milked, the operation abovedescribed may be repeated at another cow. \Vhen the device is moved frompoint to point, the handle 13 may be slipped out of the sleeve 6 orshould the handle 13 be permitted to re main in the sleeve and in theevent that the said handle or bowl 14 should come in contact with anyfixed object or obstruction as the pail is being moved, the sleeve 6will turn or swing whereby the said handle and bowl can brush by thesaid objects without having a tendency to displace the stool from thepail. Also by reason of the fact that the sleeve 6 is movably mounted inone of the side walls t of the stool, the handle 13 may be disposed atan up or down inclination as desired. The bottom of the bucket isprovided wit-h cleats 11 under which the rod 11 may be turned so thatthe contents of the bucket cannot spill in the event that the bucket isknocked over, as the seat 3 will be held in posit-ion over the upperedge of the bucket.

Having described the invention what is claimed is:

1. In combination with a pail a stool adapted to be received within andrest upon the bottom of the pail and having a seat portion located abovethe upper edge of the pail.

2. In combination with a pail, a stool comprising side walls adapted torest upon the bottom of the pail, a flange carried by the side walls andadapted to extend over the edge of the pail, and a seat portion which iscarried at the upper edges of the side walls.

3. In a device of the character described, a stool, a sleeve movablymounted in the stool and provided with an opening. opposed springsconnected with the stool and the sleeve, and a dipper carried by thesleeve.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. ROLLINS.

Witnesses J. A. PHINNEY, Sin, A. B. STEWART.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0.

